Have you thought about speaking to your dealer rather than spouting on an internet forum? Mistakes do happen in manufacture, or it could be that you didn't put the vent plug in correctly. I am sure your dealer will sort the problem quickly.

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The requests from the distributor seem reasonable and it's what Starboard needs in order to determine if it is a valid warranty issue or not.

I also agree that the Team forum is a good place debate an issue if you feel you have been mistreated. So far, I don't see any justification to be to upset, other than you apparently received a "bad" board. It happens.

Here in the UK you would deal with your dealer. It is with him that you have the contract. Even if they no longer dealt with their distributor or manufacturer. It is with the dealer you made the contract.

I am sure that in your neck of the woods, similar laws apply. Take the board to your dealer and tell them to sort it or you want your hard earned back, simple as that. Not really much point coming on a forum to vent your spleen, or do you think that will make your dealer work harder? I doubt it.

This thread is a bit of a curiosity. Of course, I have to admit, it's the first time I've seen it. Seemingly, nonopr edited and virtually eliminated his initial post after realizing that all his subsequent posts, with the exception his 10:19 post, had been deleted. Given that nonopr is a fairly consistent poster here, only makes the situation a bit stranger overall. However though, in light of the tone of other posters, seemingly nonopr's series of posts might have been too negative.

I'm wondering why Starboard didn't just vaporize the thread in its entirety rather than selectively deleting portions of it. Now we're left with this odd mystery.